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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC)
Mail address PO Box 8500, Ottawa K1G 3H9
Telephone + 1 (613) 236-6163 Fax + 1
(613) 238-7230 Telex 053-3753
Cable RECENTRE E-mail [email protected] (lDRC
library)
Nature Internationally oriented Crown
Corporation funded by Parliament
Mission To stimulate and support scientific and
technical research done by developing countries for their own
benefit
Financial support Federal government
Working languages English, French, Spanish
Scope of interest Main focus on six areas:
Integrating environmental, social and economic policies;
technology and the environment; food systems under stress;
information and communication for environment and development;
health and the environment; and biodiversity; IDRC also supports
research on sustainable agriculture, water resources management,
urban environment management, green technologies, health issues,
social policy, macroeconomic policy, industrial and agricultural
policies, regional integration, and information systems
Research program
Locations 1,470 active projects in 100
countries
Internal Organization
Chief official Keith A. Bezanson, President
Divisions (1) Environment and Natural Resources,
(2) Social Sciences, (3) Health Sciences, (4) Information
Sciences, (5) Corporate Affairs and Initiatives
Division heads Directors General: (1) Anne Whyte,
(2) Caroline Pestieau, (3) Maureen Law, (4) Martha Stone, (5)
Pierre Beemans
Total staff 350 permanent full-time
Facilities
Library Reference and research Library with
more than 66,000 monographs, 3,000 serials, up-todate files on
2,500 research centers and organizations, and all the original
documents of the World ComMission on Environment
and Development (the Brundtland Collection)
Computer catalog Yes, using MINISIS
Remote access Available
Computer searches Available
Local databases IDRIS Project database
Formal networks Internet, Envoy
Subcenters Regional offices: Singapore; New Delhi,
India; Nairobi, Kenya; Dakar, Senegal; Cairo, Egypt;
Johannesburg, South Africa; Montevideo, Uruguay
Publications
Serials IDRC Reports/Le CRDI Explore/EI CIID
Informe (quarterly magazine, $16.00 per year)
Other Scientific and general interest Publications
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1970
Natural Resources Canada
CANADA CENTER FOR REMOTE SENSING (CCRS)
Mail address 588 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario
KIA 0Y7
Telephone +1 (613) 947-1222 Fax +1
(613) 947-1382
Nature National government
Mission Research, development
Financial support Primarily government
Working languages English, French
Scope of interest Remote sensing data acquisition
and applications, research and development
Research program
Locations Primarily Canada; some international
collaborations with agencies in the U.S., tropical rainforest
countries, Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, etc.
Subjects Optical and microwave remote sensing
systems and data analysis techniques in a wide variety of
applications and contexts
Status Varied
Findings Routinely published in the scientific
literature
Internal Organization
Chief official Dr. Leo Sayn-Wittgenstein,
Director General
Divisions Data Acquisition, Systems Technology,
Major Projects, Applications
Professional staff Approximately 125, plus
approximately 100 contractors
Facilities
Office State-of-the-art remote sensing labs.
avionics, hangar
Library World's largest remote sensing library;
over 100.000 items in computerized, keywordaccessed database
Subcenters Satellite receiving stations at
Gatineau, Québec, and Prince Albert' Saskatchewan
Exchange Facilities Related to projects or
to visiting scientists
Publications
Publications list Contact CCRS
History
Established in 1971